692 Historic Events for January 1
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| 1876 |
Birth |
Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument)
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| 1877 |
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England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Francois Ambrosiny, French dancer/choreograph (L'oiseau enchant‚)
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Edwin Franko Goldman, composer
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory)
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life and Work of Sigmund Freud)
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| 1879 |
Birth |
William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)
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| 1879 |
Event |
John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Edie Martin, London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt)
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev)
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| 1880 |
Event |
Building of Panama Canal, begins
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)
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| 1881 |
Event |
Dr John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes
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| 1882 |
Birth |
W C Wendelaar, mayor of Alkmaar (1919-34)/Dutch MP (VVD)
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| 1883 |
Birth |
Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer/journalist (La Torre, Tre Croci)
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| 1883 |
Birth |
[Hei]ko E Arnoldi, Dutch actor (3 Drops of Water)/theater director
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| 1885 |
Birth |
Roland Diggle, composer
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| 1886 |
Event |
1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena Calif)
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence
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| 1887 |
Death |
Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Tom Dugan, Dublin Ireland, actor (Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway)
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Alexander Smallens, St Petersburg, Russia, conductor
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Tadeusz Jarecki, composer
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Charles Bickford, Cambridge Mass, actor (John-The Virginian)
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